English Standard Version
Psalms 64:2
2Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers,
Psalms 64:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
- New International Version (NIV)Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the plots of evildoers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Hide me from the plots of this evil mob, from this gang of wrongdoers.
Context of Psalms 64:2
1Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy. Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers, 3who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows, 4shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
Read all of Psalms 64Psalms 64:2 word by word
תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִי מִסּ֣וֹד מְרֵעִ֑ים מֵ֝רִגְשַׁ֗ת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 64:2
- Psalms 27:5For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.
- Psalms 31:20In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues.
- Psalms 143:9Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord! I have fled to you for refuge.
- Isaiah 32:2Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
- Psalms 56:6They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.
- Psalms 109:2For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
- Genesis 4:6The Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?
- 1 Samuel 23:22Go, make yet more sure. Know and see the place where his foot is, and who has seen him there, for it is told me that he is very cunning.
- 2 Samuel 17:2I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king,
- Jeremiah 11:19But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not know it was against me they devised schemes, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more."
- Jeremiah 18:23Yet you, O Lord, know all their plotting to kill me. Forgive not their iniquity, nor blot out their sin from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger.
- Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
- Acts 23:14They went to the chief priests and elders and said, "We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.
- Acts 25:3asking as a favor against Paul that he summon him to Jerusalem—because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.
- Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
- Psalms 3:1O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
Commentaries on Psalms 64:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Hide me from the secret counsel - They plotted his destruction, and then formed insurrections in order to accomplish it. Workers of iniquity - Those who made sin their labor, their daily employment; it was their occupation and trade. It is supposed that by this title the Babylonians are intended. See Psalm 6:3; Psalm 14:4; Psalm 36:12; Psalm 53:4; Psalm 59:2.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Hide me - Or, more literally, thou wilt hide me. There is both an implied prayer that this might be done, and a confident belief that it would be done. The idea is, Protect me; guard me; make me safe - as one is who is hidden or concealed so that his enemies cannot find him. From the secret counsel - The word used here - סוד sôd - means properly couch, cushion; and then, a divan, a circle of friends sitting together on couches for familiar conversation…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-6These verses form a prayer for rescue from bold and powerful liars.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. insurrection--literally, "uproar," noisy assaults, as well as their secret counsels.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 64
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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